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CampbellFinFri, 21 Aug 2009 00:33:57 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=1825#comment-45557Calm down people.Truthfully I believe he was billeted(sp)with Kelly Hrudey and his family.Good guy.
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CampbellFinFri, 21 Aug 2009 00:22:29 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=1825#comment-45556Patrick Marleau had drew remenda!
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GPThu, 20 Aug 2009 23:50:05 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=1825#comment-45555midge, finally were on the same page about something. If there was a captains training program, Marleau was without a mentor. As I explained in a post earlier — he had Ron Wilson for 4 seasons. RW seemed to care less and commanded little respect from PM to learn from him (although RW had nothing to teach regarding the captain-ship).
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GPThu, 20 Aug 2009 23:42:21 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=1825#comment-45554Midge, there is no one saying TM didn’t make some errors, obviously in decisions. He’s even said “questions in leadership and that starts with me.”

However, Doesn’t translate to “I didn’t prepare for the Ducks.” In interviews he at least implied that the Sharks weren’t going to change tactics just for the Ducks. They were going to play their own game. They did and should have been more successful. Considering it was low scoring series it was obvious where a certain player didn’t step up enough.

The Ducks did not change either. They had to trap in the neutral zone and the d zone, and key on the top 2 lines. The latter, every other team HAD to do over the course of the season and proved they couldn’t. The most the Ducks did IMO, was to make sure that all 5 guys were deep in the D side to block and interfere as much as possible. A minor adjustment rather than a change.

Conclusion: if anyone was going to beat the Ducks, it would have to come with support from lines 3 and 4. Torrey Mitchel and Cheechoo couldn’t do that on their own btw.

The Ducks did not stay out of the box. The Sharks PP didn’t execute though. The Ducks adjustment here — be more aggressive — penalties meant nothing if they couldn’t score.

Sutter was able to easily prepare for the Blues. If I remember correctly, the Blues had sewn up the Pres Trophy early enough and it was obvious that if the Sharks made the PO it would be 8th (just happy to make the post season). TM and the Sharks had little time by comparison. When did they KNOW they were playing the Ducks — Game 80, 81, 82? I don’t remember exactly, but it was very late despite have already clinching 1st in the conf.

Also, Sutter team(s) and TMs team apples and oranges. The only person that could have filled the role of Lowry in that comparison might have been Grier. But he wasn’t 100% and came back too early. Moen might have been the other possibility (hmmm, that one could have worked — nah….).

Knowing it was the Ducks earlier, would not have made much a difference. Getting the team back from injuries was key. We found a few came back too early too. If the Ducks had made any significant changes than they used down the stretch it was very subtle and the general fan would not have noticed unless they know all the intricacies of various NHL systems.